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100 miles from the city....Aztec warriors are on a hunt.

城郊一百英里外...的勇士们正在狩猎

Their prey: not animal, but human.

他们的猎物并非动物 而是人类

They chase down the leader of an enemy tribe.

他们正在追捕敌对部落的酋长

But the aim is not to kill.

目的却并非想杀之而后快

They need to take him alive.

他们需要将其生擒

To keep the universe in balance,

为保持宇宙平衡

The Aztecs believe they owe a debt of blood to their gods.

阿兹特克人笃信需要向神灵敬奉鲜血

Today, a special offering.Tlahuicole.

今天将奉上一个特殊的祭品 那就是特拉维克拉

Skilled warrior, bitter rival.

他是位能征善战的勇士 部族劲敌

The Aztec's greatest prize fighting for his life.

参与同他的顽抗战 就是赐予阿兹特克勇士的无上奖赏

Aztec men are trained to fight from puberty.

阿兹特克的男性从青春期开始接受战斗训练

The fiercest become Jaguar Knights.

最为勇猛的就可荣任"美洲虎将"

Their weapons: not metal but obsidian, volcanic glass.

他们的武器并非金属器具...而是用黑曜石制成 黑曜石是一种火山玻璃

So sharp,some surgeons today favor it over steel.

相当锋利 相比钢刃 如今一些外科医生更青睐这种材质

重点讲解

1、balance

（使）保持平衡；（使）平稳

I balanced on the ledge.

我在窗台上站稳。

He balanced a football on his head.

他将一只足球稳稳地顶在头上。

使（力量、重要性等）相等；使均衡；使持平

Balance spicy dishes with mild ones.

做到辛辣菜和清淡菜比重相当。

The state has got to find some way to balance these two needs.

国家必须找出平衡这两种需求的办法。

（力量、重要性等的）均衡，均势

Their marriage is a delicate balance between traditional and contemporary values.

他们的婚姻在传统和现代价值观之间保持着微妙平衡。

There was no other way to ensure that people would get the right balance of foods.

没有其他方法可以确保人们饮食均衡。

（尤指冲突或比赛中的）局面，胜利天平

a powerful new gun which could tip the balance of the war in their favour.

将使他们在战争中占据优势的威力巨大的新型火炮

The balance continues to swing away from final examinations to continuous assessment.

期末考试渐渐被连续性评估所取代。

2、universe

宇宙

Einstein's equations showed the Universe to be expanding.

爱因斯坦的方程式表明宇宙正在膨胀。

Early astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the universe.

早期的天文学家认为我们的星球是宇宙的中心。

经验领域

Good writers suck in what they see of the world, recreating their own universe on the page.

优秀的作家从他们眼中的世界汲取体验，然后在纸上重塑自己的天地。

They marked out the boundaries of our visual universe.

他们标出了我们视觉经验领域的界限。

全天下，宇宙万物中（最）

According to my friends I am the coolest, thinnest, cleverest, funniest journalist in the universe.

我的朋友说我是全天下最酷、最瘦、最聪明、最幽默的记者。